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adjective
- 1. relating to a church parish: "the parochial church council"
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Parochial means of or relating to a parish, a unit of local government, or a group of Christians in a given area under the leadership of one pastor. It also means confined or restricted as if within the borders of a parish, or narrow in range or scope. See synonyms, examples, etymology, and related words.
Parochial means relating to a parish or showing interest only in local matters. Learn more about the word, its synonyms, and how to use it in sentences.
3 days ago · Parochial means too concerned with one's own affairs or narrow in scope or outlook. It also refers to things related to a parish or parishes. See synonyms, word origin, and usage examples.
/pəˈroʊkiəl/ /pəˈrʌʊkiəl/ IPA guide. If an issue or a matter is parochial, it is trivial or only concerns a local area. Likewise, a person with a parochial mentality is narrow-minded, or not open to new ideas. Parochial comes to English from Greek through Latin with the meaning "of a parish."
Parochial means of or relating to a parish or parishes, or very limited or narrow in scope or outlook. Learn the origin, synonyms, and usage of parochial with examples from various sources.
Parochial means of, relating to, supported by, or located in a parish, or narrowly restricted in scope or outlook; provincial. Find the origin, usage, and translations of this word from various dictionaries and thesauruses.
Parochial means connected with a church parish or only interested in local issues. Learn how to use this word in formal and disapproving contexts with pictures and sentences.
